Maya's Mad Monday

[si]

Most exciting and looking-forward-to soap episodes in ages.

Can't wait, eeeeeeeee, et cetera.

Doesn't her nose look massive in those ads?

[Snuff]

I've been waiting for this since the big Hillman story a few years back. When the announce after last night's Corrie said "Lock the door's and settle down for explosive Corrie" and i was thinking "I already have! Bring It On" It's gonna be so amazing.

[si]

So it's going to be more like like Maya's Mad Week Which Starts With A Monday.

Nevermind, it's still going to be ace as.

Daran Little must be one of my favourite Corrie writers, obviously only brought to my attention by his gaying up of the street. The Kelly/Sean kiss directly referencing the Todd/Nicky kiss; the girls night out (Here's to Dierdre, and all who sail in her!); Frankie character development. All brilliant.

[Lita]

Is Maya a member of Al Qaeda? I can't think of any other reasons she managed to buy such vast quantities of high explosives.

Still, made good telly.

[Adrian]

The whole Maya thing was overshadowed (rather oddly I felt) by the other storylines going on all round it. Just as Sean (who, despite my initial reservations, I think is excellent) was reeling from Kelleh's enforcement, I began to wonder who'd they'd pair him up with for the emotional denouement. Jason! Of course.

The Frankie character development is as blatant as a very blatant thing, but quite good. Loved the whole scene around the pizza table, loving the pissed Deirdre. Ah've nice legsh, me. Ken luvves me legs. And I'm sure I wasn't the only one to begin to see the beginnings of something torried between Liz and Jamie - a thought that both fascinates and sickens me.
And Danny bonding with Jack!

I like this 'new' family. They're like fun EastEnders people.

-A

[Steven]

The bit where they were all sat around discussing whose sons they fancied was frankly quite distressing viewing, but the episodes as a whole were a triumph.

The Sean/Kelly thing worked a hell of a lot better than I expected it to, the explosions were dramatic and looked pretty damn real, and it was nice to see some characters who don't spend a lot of time together out bonding. I think my favourite part was Eileen trying to drag the waiter back to Frankie's house, bless her.

[Lita]

Adrian said:

I like this 'new' family. They're like fun EastEnders people.

It says a lot about how bad Eastenders has got that Corrie can do Eastenders characters better than Eastenders can.

[Snuff]

I loved it all. Maya sitting on Sunita's bed was quite frankly scary. The drunken night out for the girls was a real highlight. "Yur've got luv'ly her". It was great to see them all bonding. And Eileen looked so happy when she was asked to go out with them. Ah bless. I loved it when Deirdie said she fancied Kevin Webster.

[Cherubic]

Snuff said:

I loved it when Deirdie said she fancied Kevin Webster.

My mind will never be clean again.

[si]

Cherubic said:

My mind will never be clean again.

In that case, you won't want to hear Jack's story about a naked Vera.

Yuch.

[TrixieFirecracker]

Snuff said:

I loved it when Deirdie said she fancied Kevin Webster.

I've read a few rumoured spoilers and I wondered if this may be a hint at a future storyline.

[Cherubic]

TrixieFirecrackeringfield said:

I've read a few rumoured spoilers and I wondered if this may be a hint at a future storyline.

Vomits

[Snuff]

The Websters' (A little in-joke there *winks*) have been thorugh enough affairs already. We don't need another one. Not when Sally's on form.

[Bridgey]

Help me...I fancy Maya.

Bridgey xxx

[Snuff]

Although Mad Maya has been great. I felt it was all overshadowed by the glorious 4 drunken ladies. They really were fantastic. And they were great at playing drunk. So good in fact. I wondred if they actualyl were drunk.

[klee]

Bah! Missed Maya's Mad Monday, missed the drunken ladies, missed the uncharacteristic characters bonding.

I did, however, see the last part of last night's episode. Coronation Steet meets Misery - fabulous. I even half-expected Maya to axe through a door and stick her head through the gap: "Here's Jilted Ex!"

I'm surprised there was any scenery left after Maya chewed through it all and hit it over the head with a Hindu God.

Then there was the random Sally Webster "Where's the daughter what I take so little notice of she even had a head transplant and I didn't blink?" story. So beautifully pointless.

And the bit where everyone came out on to the street to watch the shop explode. Very the Blitz, but with highlights.

Ooh, and the bit where Shelley thought Charlie was dead. I thought: can anything else bad happen to Shelley? She buries her sister; marries a bigamist who got another woman pregnant; shacks up with another love rat; love rat shags her mother, who is then disowned; love rat tries it on with Liz stays with her; love rat treats her like drudge.

Sunita's post-traumatic stress story is going to run and run, I can tell. (Well, call it a month, this is a soap.) But thank God this storyline's been put to bed, as this means less Dev. Dev's acting can only be likened to a person with chronic constipation trying to shift a hot curry.

[si]

Dear Maya,

Wow, great double bluff on your death. Oh no, here she comes again! Oh no, she's been crushed between a truck and the deserted commericial letting!

Highlights for me were threatening to raise Ganesh to Sunita (the irony!) and your mad eye thingy when you told the policeman to Go away, little man!. Oh, and tying Sunita to the cooker, turning on the gas and pulling off the knobs. Genius.

You'll be greatly missed, you nutter.

Bises,

si

[Snuff]

Dear Maya,

Although you did think everything through. You obviously didn't spend enough time in Coronation Street to realise that everyone comes together when events like that happen. You should have researched it better. Asked the people of the street about Richard Hillman - that sort of thing.

I also loved the way you wanted to kill sunnita. No matter what would happen to you.

Your quite the psycho. See you in heaven.

Snuff
x

[Deleted]

Dear Maya,

You are now unable to hog all the best lines. You and crazy Sarah from EastEnders should get a spin-off show, even though you've both been put to bed in various forms. You could be like Cagney & Lacey, with Richard Hillman as your boss!

RIP 4eva.

[klee]

Dear the Head of ITV Popular Drama,

You missed an intertextual trick here. Why didn't Mad Maya get arrested and sent straight to Bad Girls?

Disappointed,

klee

x

[Cherubic]

Mr said:

Dear Maya,

You are now unable to hog all the best lines. You and crazy Sarah from EastEnders should get a spin-off show, even though you've both been put to bed in various forms. You could be like Cagney & Lacey, with Richard Hillman as your boss!

RIP 4eva.

I really want to watch this. A band of enraged psychos pursue pointless vendettas while inadvertedly solving crimes.

Maybe from the people who brought is BUGS.

[JonSpice]

I know I'm a bit late saying this, but wasn't there one of the biggest continuity errors of all time on Maya's Mad Monday?

How the hell did she get Sunita from her flat to the flat above the shop?

[Nick]

JonSpice said:

I know I'm a bit late saying this, but wasn't there one of the biggest continuity errors of all time on Maya's Mad Monday?

How the hell did she get Sunita from her flat to the flat above the shop?

Well, Sunita was tied up.

And Maya had her car with her.

So maybe she tied her up and drove her there in the car.

No, that can't be it.

[raspberry]

Perhaps she wrapped Sunita in a rug so it looked like she was innocently laying carpets at night.

[JonSpice]

But it would have been quite hard to carry her all the way to the car and then up the stairs above the flat without being noticed or making lots of noise.